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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-10

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-10

BALTIMORE Dec 10-yrgina 6s consolidate
with coupon so; 1o-4os 81 psst,due coupons =:
new 3, o. I, bid to-day
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
IMPORTANT DECISION.

Involving the Question Of Taking Timber
from Public Lands by Railroad Corpora
tiOns.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-United States
Attorney Hobson, of Colorado, has for
warded to the Commissioner of the Gem
eral Land Office a copy Of a most inn.
portant decision rendered by Hon. Moses
Hall, United States District Judge for the
District of Colorado, in the case of the
United States VS. the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad company; deciding as to the
right of said Company to cut timber from
public lands under the Granting act Of
June s, 1873, and the General Right-of
Way act of March 8, 1885. Conceding the
right of said road under the
Granting act to procure timber
for construction and repairs from public
land adjacent to that portion of that road
completed prior to June s, 1882, and under
the General Right Way act for con.
struction only from lands adjacent to
that portion of said road cons tructed sub
sequent to June 6, 1882, the judge rem
dered the first judicial decision that the
Land Office has been able to obtain as to
the meaning of the words: ''from the
public lands adjacent to the line of said
road" as contained in the act mentioned.
The decision Of the judge is that the
right to take timber from public lands
under said acts, extends laterally some
distance from the right of way, and to
such lands as may be reached by ordinary
transportation, by wagons, and not other
wise. The timber must be used for the
construction of the road at or near the
place where delivered, and il carried by
the road to points distant from the place
of taking, the company are liable in tres
pass for the whole.
He further held that the Government
was bound to prove that the timber was
taken from public lands. and having es-
tablished that fact, the burden of proof as
to where and for what purpose the timber
was used is upon the railroad company.
In the absence of evidence to prove that
said timber was used in a place adjacent
to that from which it was taken, and for
the purpose authorized by law, the Govern
ment is entitled to judgment. The amount
for which judgment was rendered in these
two cases is S39, ,237. y.
1t is impossible to estimate the great
benefit that will accrue to the public from
this decision. Railroad corporations have
for years been despoiling the public of the
most valuable timber in violation of the
law, in utter disregard Of the rights and
privileges Of the bona fide settlers and in
defiance of their protests.
The decision Of Judge Hall is in exact
accord with the rules and regulations pre-
scribed by Commissioner Sparks, under
date of August %, 1886, and it is needless
60 say that he will enforce them. 1t is
estimated that one million dollars are in
volved in cases Of like character now
pending, and there is now scarcely a doubt
but that the Government viii secure
judgment for the full amount in every
case.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23

FIFTY EIGHT colored men of var Gus
ages were arraigned at the jefferson Mar
ket court In New York, on the 18th, for
gambling. They were all arrested at the
Criterion and Caterers Club-rooms. Jus
tice German discharged them, saying that
they had as much right to gamble in their
own club-rooms as the members of the
Union League or Manhattan Clubs had in
their rooms.
THE conductors and drivers in the en-
ploy of the West Division Railway Com
pany, Chicago, at an alI-night meeting,
decided unanimously that unless their
demands were granted by Wednesday
evening a strike would begin Thursday,
the 22d.
THE President and party, consisting of
himself and Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary
Bayard Col. and Mrs. Lamont, arrived in
Washington from Philadelphia on the
morning of the 18th. They regarded the
celebration as complete success and
great demonstration, and have nothing
but praise for their reception while in the
Quaker City.
MONROE JOHNSON, the murderer of Mrs.
Jack Foster at Leedes, forty miles from
Birmingham, Ala, a few weeks since, and
who was caught in Atlanta, was taken
to Leedes on the 18th. Upon his arrival
he was promptly taken charge Of by a
mob waiting at the depot and hanged TO
tree. He begged for mercy and protested
his innocence, but was hung up. The mob
was very quiet and orderly and after the
hanging soon dispersed.
NATURAL gas was struck in the salt we'll
at Ellsworth, Kas., on the morning of the
18th, at depth Of 1100 feet. 1t is growing
stronger as thesdril goes down. The gas
was struck 800 feet below the salt The
blaze is now eight feet high.
In a letter to a friend in Washington,
Gen. Slocum has the following to say with
reference to the coming Grand Army of
the Republic meeting in st. Louis, and its
selection of a new commander-in- chief:
81 have reluctantly given up the idea of
going to st. Louis. I wish the encamp-
ment to be entirely free in its action, and
shrink from being placed in the position
Of a candidate struggling for the position"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
TIE SOUTH.

BALTnIORR's celebration Of the anniver-
sary OF ths battle Of North Point ia the
war or 1912 was marred by rain all day on
the 18th. A parade was held and the three
survivors banqueted.
TUE Texas Returning Board has can
vassed the vote Of the State on the sew
eral constitutional amendments voted upon
August 8. The total voto Of the State in
favor Of the Prohibition amendment was
129, 273; against, 22l, 627; majority against,
o. S54. The other amend meuts were de-
feated by ma jorities ranging from 60 600 to
nearly 10000, that extending the legisla-
tive session being defeated by the largest
majority.
THE stage running between Lockhart and
Luling, Tex, was robbed recently by
masked men, the passengers and driver
being forced to give up their valuables.
/ The malls were not touched.
GOVERNOR GORDON, Of Georgia, has signed
the bill which imposes a tax Of 81, 600 u
year on all wine rooms.
TwENTY-THREE persons convicted of
crimes in the Indian Territory, have been
sent to the Little Rock (Ark.) penitentiary
by the United States District Court at Fort
Smith.
EX-GOvERNoR LUKE p. BLACKBURN, who
had been lying at the point of death at
Frankfort, Ky. for weeks past, died at
. 35 e. III. on the 14th. His last Ineligible
words were spoken several days before
and were: "Oh, the beauty of religion" "
Elk Governor Blackburn was born June 16
1916, in Woodford County, Ky.
FIFTY acres of land have been guarau-
teed within the limits of BonhUm, Tex, for
the proposed State Orphan Asylum.
TUE officers of the steamer J. NJ. White
which was burned in the Bayou Sara, La,
last year with great loss of life, have been
acquitted of criminal negligence.
CAPTAIN JAMES BARRON HoPE editor Of
the Norfolk (Na.l Landmark, and one Of the
most distinguished poets and journalists in
the South, died suddenly OF heart disease
on the 18th.
A SHOOTING ARRAY occurred at Lewis
vile, Ark, the other night between DIR. J.
+. Chisholm and S. B. Atkins, in which
John Atkins, an innocent party, was shot
and seriously wounded.
DoMIS1CK hEssINA, his wife and four
children, were burned TO death by a ire in
a grocery store at New Orleans on the 10th.
GEORGE OLIVER, mayor Of Sheltman, Ga,
committed suicide recently in the telegraph
Office. Oliver was we'll known throughout
Georgia, and no reason was assigned for
his act.
A SPANISH ironclad is anchored in the
harbor at Key West, Fla, and another is
cruising outside watching for ihbusters.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
GENERAL.

EGYPT's cotton crop is reported as Of the
best, the August heat having killed the
worms.
FTFTEEN thousand nRilmakers in Stafford
shire, England, have struck for higher
wages.
LABoUCuERE, Brunner and Leak, English
members Of Parliament, have been elected
members OF the Irish National League.
A SOLDIER IN the Ponuhcal corps in Rome
has been attacked with cholera ana much
anxiety is felt at the Vatican.
TIN of the crew of the British bark
BalRklava were lost July 20 on a voyage
from London to san Francisco.
CHOLERA is said To be decreasing in all the
infected localities throughout Italy.
ABTssINIA is said TO have broken her
treaties with England and Italy without
reason.
FIVE thousand acres Of forests in Mace
donna have been destroyed by fire.
IT Is reported in Ottawa, Ont, that un-
less Manitoba backs down regarding the
Red River railroad the Federal Government
VIII refuse to pay the next half years sub
sidy.
TEE British Consul il Samoa has been
instructed TO preserve strict neutrality.
the Government being assured that the
treaty powers would not be affected bv
Germany's actions there.
PRINCE BISMARCK has been somewhat
weakened by the baths an Klssingeu, bgt AZ.
poets good results,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
WORKERS AN1 WINNERS.

Keep striving: The winners are those who have
striven
And fought for the prize that no idler has
won;
To the hands of the steadfast alone it is given,
And before it is gained, there is work to be
done.
Keep climbing: The earnest and steadfast
have scaled
The height where the pathway was rough to
the feet;
But the faint-hearted faltered, and faltering,
failed
And sank down by the wayside in hopeless de-
feat.
Keep hoping; The clouds hide the sun for q
time,
But sooner or later they scatter and fee,
And the path glows like gold TO the toilers who
climb
To the heights where men look over landscape
and sea.
Keep onward-right on, till the prize is at
tained;
Front the future with courage, and obstacles
fall.
By those, and those only, the victory's gained
Who keep faith in themselves and the God
over all.
-Eben f. Rerford in Golden Ddss
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23

New ORLEANS, Sept. 16.-At an early
hour this morning, while the family Of
Dominick Messina, who keeps grocery
store on the corner of Dauphin and
English streets, were asleep, an explO-
sion occurred in his store. The entire
building was soon on fire, and all escape
from the upper stories where the family
resided was cut of. The fremen were
soon at the scene but they could do moth
ing. The entire family, consisting Of
Messina, his wife and four children, per-
ished in the flames. The fire must have
been burning some time before the explo-
sion, which was doubtless caused by the
igniting of some powder kept for sale.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
Roek Island RalIwar chanre..

CHICAGO, September I3.-The Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
announces the promotion of A. Kimball,
late vice-president and general manager
Of the road, to the position Of assistant
to President Gable; ". G. Purdy, secre-
tary and treasurer, has, in addition to
these Offices, been elected vice. president Of
the company; E. st. John, for many years
identified with the passenger department
Of the road, assumes the position of gem
oral manager, and J. r. Phillips, late
cashier has been appointed assistant Sec
rstRTy end ReeigtaRt heaHaF6Tt
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
Murdered bv Rrutes.

GREENFIELD, Mass, Sept. 16.-A horri-
bic murder was committed here betw sen
twelve and one O'Clock this morning. Mrs.
Patrick Murray, whose husband has been
working on the stone crusher at the JAIL
was found at the foot OF fifteen foot ma
sonry wall close beside the Fitchburg
railroad, in the center Of a tbickly settled
part Of the village known as the though
End" She was conscious. but terribly cut
on the head, which was also badly crushed.
The woman said she was assaulted by two
persons and resisted them. She died at
2:I5 a, "a. Her husband has been drunk
for q week or more, and was drunk IN bed
when she was brought Ia,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
THE WEST.


THE National Association of Journeymen
Brewers met i'm Detroit, Mich, recently for
the purpose mainly of preparing a schedule
of hours and wages for workmen.
THE Polish National Alliance began its
annual meeting in St Paul, Mimi, on the
18th.
AT meeting or the directors OF tho Ne
vadu Bank at San Francisco, James C.
Flood, who has boon in i'll health for some
time, resigned the presidency, and ex-
United States senator Jones G. Fair, after
being elected director was elected presi-
dent
The roof OF the synagogue on Judge
street, Chicago, collapsed recently. Two
men were fatally injured and two seriously.
FOUR tracklaycrs were killed and sixty
one injured near Lake lvunhoc Col, on the
18th, by the cars, loaded with iron, turning
over on the mon. The accident occurred on
the Aspen extension of the Midland rail
road.
A STRONG effort is being made at Tolono,
m, to enforce the state Compulsory Edu-
cational law, boys found in the streets
during school hours being promply ar
rested without warrants and locked up In
the calab0ose uuless,they can satisfactorily
explain their absence from school.
YANKToN (Dak.) Sioux were threatening
trouble on the 18th TO the surveyors aud
others appo,touiug lands IN severalty.
The malCCntents numbered about thirty
and belonged to the non-progressive ele-
ment.
AN unknown street peddler, walking on
crutChes, went 20 the middle Of the St.
Louis bridge the other day and jumped of
He was drowned.
A BAvENNi,, o., special of tho l4th says:
"Morgan, Coughlin and Robinson, the al
legged fur robbers, were arraigned to-day
for the muuicr Of Detective Hunigan, OF
Cleveland. THE trio plead not guilty, and
were remanded for trial. Morgan win be
tried first. The date has been Fixed for
October 10"
SOME time in June last, a man represent
ing himself as Henry Puris. a wholesale
grocer OF Chicago, began taking baths at
the Ramme. sburg (Arl.) hot springs,
where he became acquainted with colored
girl The other night the pair were mar
ried In Little Rock by Rev. W. r. Carson,
OF the A. NJ r. Church. Puris made his
wife q wedding present Of $40 600 cash, and
his checr1orS S5. 900. Katie had been married
and divorced from a negro husband.
a sHoRTAeH Of 8, ass has been found in
the accounts Of ex-County Clerk McClaren,
Of Fulton County, Ill
FIaE ia Lake Crystal, MINI, the other
aiVht destroyed eight stores end of4pes,
San aR ei8, l9 damage
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23

There can be no doubt that the
discoveries and inductions of the pres
ent age have thrown a new light on the
physiology Of food. 1t IS a happy
thought that some time in the future a
mans cook will be his doctor-that he
can prevent as well as cure his ailment,
prolong his life, by securing a good
cook. The cook and the physician
have both killed their thousands in the
past, and if they come TO be the bene-
factors of humanity by uniting their
best efforts, and pave the way to mil
1ennium, they will certainly atone for
much Of their old misconduct. -AttqHta
Constitution
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


THE value cf breadstuffs exported from
the United States during August past was
S1s.3s2, ,444, against SIS, ll6SSl in August,
1885.
THE Navy Department is informed that
Rear Admiral Green on August "a at Leg
horn, Italy, in obedience to orders from
Secretary Whitney, relieved Rear Admiral
Franklin Of tls command Of the European
squadron. The squadron was on it's way to
Gibraltar.
THE annua. report Of General Black,
Commissioner Of Pensions, for the fiscal
year ended June 30, shows that the total
number of persons in Kansas now drawing
pensions is IL, ,4s1 at a quarterly diEburse-
ment of S5lD, ,S63G0, while Missouri has
16, 1S9 pensioners at a quarterly disburEe-
ment of S483, 272 So
TEE offerings Of A. per cent bonds to
the treasury ON the 14th aggregated IS, 175,-
800, at prices ranging from 1G79 " to Ito
Acting Secretary Thompson accepted
"a, 100, 500 OF the bonds at prices ranging
from 107.9S to 10S.74.
SOME dissatisfaction is expressed at the
Navy Department over the slow progress
OF the steamship Thetis toward Alaska.
The vessel sailed several months ago from
Portsmouth, Va. When last heard from
tho Thetis was at Callno Peru, and it wns
extremely doubtful II sha could reach
Alaska before the winter closes in.
THE Washington Post, on the authority
Of Representative Bayne, Of Pennsylvania,
publishes a statement that Henry George
and DR.. McGlynn propose to establish q
daily newspaper in each OF the large cities
Of the country to advocate the interests Of
Worlxingmeu.
GENERAL JOSEPH L. JOHNSTON, Commits
sioner OF Railroads, complains OF tho mad
equacy Of the law to compel tho Pacific
railroads to pay their indebtedness to the
Government.
A PARCEL post convention between the
United States and Jamaica, made by the
Postmaster General aud the Governor of
Jamaica, Sir Henry Norman, has been aP-
proved by the President and will 90 into ef-
feet after October I.
THE Secretary Of State finds no proper
grounds upon which to demand the extra
dition of McGarigle.
NECESSARY instructions have been issued
to the local land officials to carry inte ef-
feet Secretary Lsmar's recent order re-
storing to settlement the indemnity lands
Of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
It is estimated that nearly 9,OOO,OOO acres
are involved.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
FLEET LOCOMOTIvEs.
A Novel Experiment on the Southern Rail.
road of France.

A Novel Experiment ON the Southern Rail-
road of France.
1t is within the recollection of young
men of this day that the horse which
trotted a mile in 2:40 was one of the
fast ones, and when talk of a steam
locomotive making n mile in n minute
was received with expressions of incred-
ulity. To-day the limit for a locomo-
tive is little more than half that ex-
pressed in the phrase, "a mile q
minute" Engineer John Hogan, on
the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
engine No. 1874, has driven il at the as
tonishing speed of a mile in thirty
eight seconds. Other engineers, with
Reading engines Nos. 206, All, SO, 97,
90 and 80, have made miles in forty
three and forty-four seconds. Hogan's
speed is at the rate of over ninety-fouT
miles per hour; those of the others are
respectfully eighty-three and half and
almost eighty-two miles per hour.
These high rates Of speed were made
under circumstances all of which were
favorable to a successful test
These are extreme limits Of high
speed for short distances, but lOcomo-
tive builders are emulous TO increase
the speed of their machines so that an
average speed of eighty miles per hour
shall replace the old time limit Of sixty.
A novelty in the line Of engine build
ing is just now attracting the attention
Of engineers and builders. 1t is a loco
motive designed by M. Estrade, a
graduate of L'Ecole Polytechnique,
which is to be experimental with on
the Southern lines Of France. The new
locomotive depends on its large sized
driving wheels for its speed Of seventy
eight miles per hour which IL is ex-
pected to attain. The engine, tender
and coaches arc fitted with wheels
eight and one-half feet in diameter.
The engine is of the outside cylinder
type, with slide valve on top of cyIin-
der and all the gearing carried outside.
The average speed which the looomo-
tive is expected to make IS between
seyenty-two and seventy-eight miles
per hour with a train Of loaded
coaches.
OF course if the French engine aver
ages the speed expected she will be
able to make "spurts'' exceeding any
thing on record. - Boston AdUerttser.
And will your love for me grow
cold" she murmured. ''when the leaves
fall and the snow hides the green grass
and the nodding dandeiionP" He
looked with dreamy fondness into the
azure depths Of her trusting brown
eyes. "And will there be a stove in the
parlor at Christmastide?" he asked
softly Yes, Alfred. a" Then never
doubt that my love will burn then with
as bright glow as now in tho harvest
time, and sealing his vow In scarce
ly audible manner be departed, for Il
ehimed midnight Buffalo Courier
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23
THE EAST.

IHE nrm or Thomas j. Pope q Bro,
dealers in metals, New York, has made an
assignment The firm was among the
largest in tho trade. The Liabilities are e.
timated at from 1900, 600 to $500, O0O.
JAMES d. TIVNG, "a shoe dealer Of Buffalo,
m. ", has boon arrested for setting fire to
his store, tie insurance on which was
nearly double its value.
ARGUMENTS on the appeal in the Jacob
Sharp case were concluded in the New Y ERIK
Supreme COurJ's special session on the 14th.
THERE was n panic in oil in Pittsburgh,
Pa, on the l4th, prices dropping four cents
in a short timo. The market opened weak
at go and with a general desire TO sell soon
broke at 65. The greatest excitement pre-
vailed during tho decline and n large
amount of oil was unloaded.
NEW YORK Republicans met in conven-
tion at Saratoga on the l4th and nominated
the following ticket: Secretary OF State,
Fred Grant, of New York; Comptroller,
Joseph LamerouN, Of Saratoga; Treasurer,
James Carmichael, Of Eric; State EnRi-
neer, Perry H. Cornell OF TOmpkins.
THE racing stable OF sam Emery was sold
at auction at Shespshead Bay recently.
The star or the string was Dry Nonopols.
He was bought by Barney Riley, the train
er FOR s., lOC. Teubooker was bought by
the keystone stables for -, 500; SEA- Fog,
by Lamasuey Bros, for 81, $50; Suitor, by
H. - 14thl hf tJA EA1HNOa AAhIl by Ne AOA-
bett, for -, 200.
A CIRCULAR indorsed by the president OF
the executive board of the Miners and La
borers Amalgamated Association has been
issued, recommending that work be sus.
pended in the coke region at all places
where the scale has not been signed, and
that the suspension continue until tho scale
adopted by the III. C.. Frick Company shall
have been signed.
THE strike Of the furniture men Of Bos-
ton has boon declared of, pending arbitra
tiOu.
TIE Constitution Centennial celebration
commenced with "a grand procession at
Philadelphia on the 18th. 1t was estimated
that 100000 visitors were present IN the
city. President Cleveland and party ar
rived in the evening.
CoSGREssa1AN-ELUCT NICHOLAS T. KANE,
Of the Albany (N. " district, died on the
18th Of consumption.
IRA l.. GREEN, "a former resident OF Rush,
n. ", recently murdered his wife and two
children at Sarasota, Fla, and was after
ward shot while resisting the officers.
TIE First National Bank Of Corey, Pa,
has been closed by Bank Examiner Young
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-23

In spite Of the laughable blunder,
however, Mrs. Bolton stuck to her
colOrs manfully, and a year later was
heard to remark with emphasis:
Proper for Miss Susie to practice in
church alone indeedl What has come
of it, if you please? Why, marrying
the new minister. Inter Ocean.
The Delta independent., 1887-03-22

Secretary Lamar has again reversed
Commissioner Sparks on land ruling.
Yet Mr.. SPARKS will continue to make
his ruling. ami will persistently pursue
his policy. He is not nan to be sat
upon. Though tho entire aAministra-
tration and congress combined should
override him every day in the year, he
would continue to pursue his own poll
cy. lie THINKS he is right. What is
more, he thinks he can't be wrong. He
has no more regard for superiors i'll Of
flee than for the pre-emptors and home
steaders of the West. There is one
entirely pure and honest man in this
great country. That man is William
Andrew Jackson Sparks. No sone
doubts his integrity. Neither does any
one doubt his good opinion of himself.
He stands so prominently before his
own eyes that when he attempts to see
the good qualities in others his vision is
constantly obscured by his own proper
tons. He is the one unique character
in Mr.. Cleveland's ADMINISTRATION
Denver Times.